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: In Search of Perfect Client ServiceDiscounted Hourly Rates: Definitely Not An Alternative Fee
By Patrick J. Lamb
"Words are like weapons, they wound sometimes."
Cher
I get this pain in my gut when lawyers suggest that discounted hourly rates are alternative fees. Not so, grasshopper. Watch.
Full post as published by In Search of Perfect Client Service on October 13, 2010 (boomark / email).
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
allegedly failed to give policyholders discounted rates to which they were entitled.
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Marriott
Hourly Wage Class Action Settlement Pending
Chase Bank
Faces Class Action over Credit Card Rates
Matson, Horizon
accused of price fixing shipping rates via fuel surcharges.

Percentages of bills at rack hourly rates compared to discounted hourly rates
Could lack of alternative fee arrangements (AFA) breach a fiduciary duty owed by a general counsel
Q&A: Overtime Calculation with Two Different Hourly Rates
Hourly billing rates of law firms and some ramifications
If you cant roll-back billing rates, at least freeze them
Law firms give clients a break with alternative billing (BizJournals)








